Definition of Embroideress

1. Noun. A woman embroiderer.

Generic synonyms: Embroiderer

Definition of Embroideress

1. Noun. female embroiderer ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Embroideress

embrittlements
embrittles
embrittling
embrocate
embrocated
embrocates
embrocating
embrocation
embrocations
embroglio
embroglios
embroider
embroidered
embroiderer
embroiderers
embroideress (current term)
embroideresses
embroideries
embroidering
embroiderings
embroiders
embroidery
embroidery frame
embroidery hoop
embroidery needle
embroil
embroiled
embroiler
embroilers
embroiling

Literary usage of Embroideress

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Illustrious Irishwomen: Being Memoirs of Some of the Most Noted Irishwomen by E. Owens Blackburne (1877)
"That is to say, a yearling calf to every woman whatever as the fine for her needle, except the embroideress, for as regards her, it is the value of an ounce ..."

2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1896)
"The office of an embroideress was one of considerable importance as a feminine ... an embroideress of Hereford, was granted the lease of a farm of 200 acres ..."

3. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1869)
"Katherine Lincoln, of Dowgate,' was a celebrated embroideress somewhat later, and also ' Rose de Burford,' the wife of a London citi/.en. ..."

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